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Table 3 Distributions of people aged 60 years and older by support received for specific activities of daily living (ADLs)

From: Elderly care in daily living in rural Vietnam: Need and its socioeconomic determinants

 

No support

Not enough support

Enough support

Type of ADL

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

%

95%CI

Basic ADLs

      

Bathing

1.4

-0.2 - 3.0

9.8

5.8 - 13.8

88.8

84.6 - 93.1

Dressing

3.1

0.1 - 6.2

8.6

3.7 - 13.5

88.3

82.6 - 93.9

Toilet use

0

0

5.1

0.1 - 9.5

94.9

90.5 - 99.3

Transferring

0

0

14.1

8.0 - 20.2

85.9

79.8 - 92.0

Urine/bowel continence

1.5

-0.1 - 3.6

12.8

7.0 - 18.5

85.7

79.7 - 91.7

Eating

0

0

13.9

7.3 - 20.5

86.1

79.5 - 92.7

Instrumental ADLs

      

Cleaning house

1.5

-1.5 - 4.6

27.7

16.5 - 38.9

70.7

59.4 - 82.1

Cooking

0

0

20.5

11.1 - 30.0

79.5

70.0 - 89.0

Shopping

0

0

37.5

21.8 - 53.2

62.5

46.8 - 78.2

Travelling

0

0

4.4

2.0 - 6.9

95.6

93.1 - 98.0

Intellectual ADLs

      

Writing

0.5

-0.2 - 1.2

9.3

6.4 - 12.2

90.2

87.2 - 93.1

Reading

1.0

0.1 - 1.8

13.7

10.7 - 16.7

85.3

82.3 - 88.4

Listening to the radio

0.3

-0.3 - 0.9

29.3

24.4 - 34.2

70.4

65.5 - 75.3

Watching TV

0.2

-0.2 - 0.7

24.1

20.1 - 28.1

75.7

71.7 - 79.7